ROULIER'S RUSTY RELIQUES

DOG SHOW IN DENVER

I just love the dog show and now that we are back in the Newf club we are doing more with the club. Last week end it was the Dog Show and Kona and I went down for meet the breed with the other club members. Kona was pretty nervous but after a while settled down and had some fun meeting all those people who wanted to pet her!!

Here is a shot of the club and a picture of Kona at the show plus a picture of our new pup which we don't have yet....this weekend.

 

High Country Newf club

Kona looking pretty and the only brown dog there

the new baby looking adorable

 

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BEAR AND THE BIRDS MOSTLY DONE

The bear and the birds is mostly done, it was easier than I thought it would be and at this point I don't really know how I feel about it, once again different than I had first envisioned. I wonder what happens during the process, I think maybe once you breathe life into something you have to be ready for it to take the reins and change direction.

THE BEAR AND THE BIRDS

The painting now with a little more going on, birds have come from no where. Not exactly sure where this is going we will see.

well clearly this needs some piazz

look what showed up!!

MORE IN PROGRESS

All the preliminary "stuff", like collaging, gluing, drying, spackle, drying, measuring, then finally painting and drying is kinda tedious. That said I have noticed it does have a rather Zen quality to it. I am happy about the way the collage came out in this painting with my new method which should have been my old method, when things get this big it's critical to have a nice flat surface. Gee I'm glad I took a minute to think about it before launching right into it. It never fails to amaze me that the most obvious totally eludes me until the "ah-ha" moment.

 

starting the wall

finished the wall I don't worry about the middle since the image will take up most the room

floor done, again the middle ground stays flat because the image will occupy a sizable chunck of the space

here you can see if look really closely the bear image the bottom is drawn in white while the lighter areas are in black my reference photo is laying in front of the picture

 

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Starting Another Painting

STARTING ANOTHER PAINTING

I'm starting another painting, this one is for me, is much larger, 30x44. Found an interesting tool for flattening my collage elements, a shower squeegee. After drying I then lightly coated collage with a matte spray to tame them some.

this painting is propped from the bottom so it is fairly flat and hangs off my drawing table at least a foot

upright to make sure it looks okay, so far I'm good

NEWS AND THE FINISH OF FOXY

Mr Fox is mostly done this one will most likely be called The Performers: two's company three's a crowd, or something along those lines.

Saturday Diane and I went up to Boulder to The Rising Tide Tattoo Emporium, we were invited to have a show in the business and it was very impressive. Phil the owner was very professional and gracious. We are very excited about this opportunity, the show opening is Friday night 7-10 on February 22 and will run until April 14.

Also I have another circus show coming up in Evergreen with Kathy Beekman, Penny Bidwell, Dave Sieler, and Tim Flynn. That show runs from April 26 to May 23, it should be fun.

the tiny feathers and crumpled hat are still a little hard to see

THE FOXX

Still working on the foxx I have been frustrated by NOT enough time this week and I've really been wanting to finish this one.

blocking in the foxx

the props and characters

more detail